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John Searle 's Compatibility Review

Posted on:2015-10-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M M XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330467464528Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Philosophy of mind is an ancient and mysterious disciplines, including questions of human presence of free will debate by philosophers.This paper relates to the compatibility of John Searle socialism as the main task, the purpose is to explore whether can have a new compromise explanation in order to solve the problem of free will.This article first reviewed the causation and the history of the conflict problem of free will, and expounds the determinist, libertarians, traditional incompatible, the solution to this problem different solutions and inevitable problem in itself.Secondly, this article obtains from the Searle’s theory of intentionality, clarify how he would psychology and the world with intentionality as intermediary link and put forward his biological naturalism compatible, in order to solve the problem of free will. Searle regarded intentionality as the basis of human express ideas and implementing the action, it’s always trying to seek free will in order to achieve the subjective desire. The traditional metaphysical view of intentionality cannot have causality, and causality will surely not intentional. Searlel’s intentionality theory of innovation lies in:he put the causality of intention, and with the real example to explain the action and perception of causality, intentionality is no longer a priori, the concept of the supernatural, the causal relationship as part of the intention, better coordination of the interaction relationship between the heart and the world. Searle acknowledged that some of our behavior is decided by some force, simple and some philosophers consider this decision power psychological effects on the physical, and deny us as an organism has the neurobiology of the brain, it seems wrong in Searle, because "psychology is described in a higher class of neurobiology". Searle is based on its biological naturalism, the consciousness is regarded as entirely caused by brain activity, and plays an unique function in terms of causality, he acknowledged that when a behavior determines the brain, we still exist "gap" of free will, especially in intend to sexual behavior, reason and action between decisions, decisions and actions, and the gap between action and complete we can often experience. Combining the biological determinism and gap theory, forming a unique Searle compatible theory, it is consider behavior is caused by some reason, and seems to be decided the behavior as free, thus breaking the belief of determinism and free will is incompatible.Finally, in this paper, the compatible Searle’s theory has carried on the analysis and evaluation. We first affirmed his theory of progressive, it transcends the physicalist, avoids the mind something equivalent to a certain state of brain caused cannot solve defect occurs when the physical properties and to the synchronization problems of telepathy not; Reconcile the theory of external and internal contradiction; Consequences for human behavior should bear moral responsibility there is a good solution. But his incompatible also brought a series of problems, he put the cranial nerve system as the basis of all behavior, will move on to a new determinism: neurobiology determinism; As part of the brain and consciousness, lost the ability of independent judgment things make sense, for no such thing as free will.
Keywords/Search Tags:Searle, Free Will, Intention of Causality, Biological naturalism, Compatibility
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